Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-209
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Compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act
Official statutory text
A. In the exercise of all powers and the performance of all
duties provided in this Code, the Commission shall comply with the
procedures provided in the Administrative Procedures Act. Appeals
shall be taken as provided in said act.
B. The Commission may designate and employ a hearing examiner
or examiners who shall have the power and authority to conduct such
hearings in the name of the Commission at any time and place subject
to the provisions of this section and any applicable rules or orders
of the Commission. No person shall serve as a hearing examiner in
any proceeding in which any party to the proceeding is, or at any
time has been, a client of the hearing examiner or of any firm,
partnership or corporation with which the hearing examiner is, or at
any time has been, associated. No person who acts as a hearing
examiner shall act as attorney for the Commission in any court
proceeding arising out of any hearing in which he acted as hearing
examiner.
C. In any hearing before the Commission, the burden of proof
shall be upon the moving party.
duties provided in this Code, the Commission shall comply with the
procedures provided in the Administrative Procedures Act. Appeals
shall be taken as provided in said act.
B. The Commission may designate and employ a hearing examiner
or examiners who shall have the power and authority to conduct such
hearings in the name of the Commission at any time and place subject
to the provisions of this section and any applicable rules or orders
of the Commission. No person shall serve as a hearing examiner in
any proceeding in which any party to the proceeding is, or at any
time has been, a client of the hearing examiner or of any firm,
partnership or corporation with which the hearing examiner is, or at
any time has been, associated. No person who acts as a hearing
examiner shall act as attorney for the Commission in any court
proceeding arising out of any hearing in which he acted as hearing
examiner.
C. In any hearing before the Commission, the burden of proof
shall be upon the moving party.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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